High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Michael Baldwin is a fictional character on the CBS television soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Christian LeBlanc originally from late December 1991 until June 1993 and then he returned on April 25, 1997. The character has also crossed over briefly to As the World Turns on April 4 and 5, 2005. LeBlanc won Daytime Emmy Awards for the role in 2005, 2007, and 2009.